It is a design for living that works in rough going.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 15

When I came to A.A., I realized that A.A. worked wonderfully
to help keep me sober. But could it work on real life problems,
not concerned with drinking? I had my doubts. After being
sober for more than two years I got my answer. I lost my job,
developed physical problems, my diabetic father lost a leg,
and someone I loved left me for another - and all of this
happened during a two-week period. Reality crashed in, yet
A.A. was there to support, comfort, and strengthen me. The
principles I had learned during my early days of sobriety
became a mainstay of my life for not only did I come through,
but I never stopped being able to help newcomers. A.A. taught me
not to be overwhelmed, but rather to accept and understand my
life as it unfolded.

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Twenty-Four Hours A Day

A.A. Thought For The Day

In A.A. we have to learn that drink is our greatest enemy.
Although we used to think that liquor was our friend, the time
came when it turned against us and became our enemy. We don't
know just when this happened, but we know that it did because
we began to get into trouble - jails and hospitals. We realize
now that liquor is our enemy. Is it still my main business to
keep sober?

Meditation For The Day

It is not your circumstances that need altering so much as
yourself. After you have changed, conditions will naturally
change. Spare no effort to become all that God would have you
become. Follow every good leading of your conscience. Take each
day with no backward look. Face the day's problems with God, and
seek God's help and guidance as to what you should do in every
situation that may arise. Never look back. Never leave until
tomorrow the thing that you are guided to do today.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that God will help me to become all that He would have me
be. I pray that I may face today's problem as with good grace.

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As Bill Sees It

"Success" in
Twelfth-Stepping, p. 165

"We now see that in twelfth-stepping the immediate results are not so
important.
Some people start out working with others and have immediate success.
They are
likely to get cocky. Those of us who are not so successful at first get
depressed.

"As a matter of fact, the successful worker differs from the
unsuccessful only in
being lucky about his prospects. He simply hits newcomers who are ready
and able
to stop at once. Given the same prospects, the seemingly unsuccessful
person would
have produced almost the same results. You have to work on a lot of
newcomers
before the law of averages commences to assert itself."

<< << << >> >> >>

All true communications must be founded on mutual need. We saw that
each sponsor
would have to admit humbly his own needs as clearly as those of his
prospect.

1. Letter, 1942
2. A.A. Today, p. 10

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Walk In Dry Places

True Satisfaction
Contentment
True satisfaction never comes from feeding addition. Nothing is ever
enough. The only possible outcomes for those who do not seek recovery
from their additions will be complete breakdown and untimely death.
St. Augustine explained why it’s impossible for humans to find true
satisfaction in pursuing pleasure. “Thou hast made us for thyself and
our hearts are restless until they repose in thee,” he wrote,
with reference to the Divine.
As we come to understand that true satisfaction comes from the Spirit,
we will, surprisingly, receive more satisfaction from the worldly
things we use. We will begin to look upon our possessions for the
service they give rather than as things that should make us
happy. A new car should give us comfortable satisfactory
transportation, but it cannot give us peace and true self-esteem.
New clothes can please us, but they will not do anything for our
spiritual depression.
Why didn't we know this all along? Probably because we falsely
believed that certain possessions would bring fulfillment. They
can't do that, but when we are thinking right, our appreciation of
everything should increase.
I'll not expect true satisfaction in this world, although I'll get more
out of it if I put things in right order.

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Keep It Simple

Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at
once.---unknown
Time always seems to pass too slowly or too quickly for us. .We want
the
fun times to last longer. We want the boring or painful times to go
faster. But times goes at just the right pace. Any faster, and we
wouldn't have enough time to learn as we go. Any slower, and we'd lose
interest. In our program, we learn to respect the pace of time. We let
go, and we let time go at it's own pace. We call this patience.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, thank-you for patience. Help me
look forward to the future
without rushing. Help me live fully in the here and now. Help me make
today a good one by doing Your will.
Action for the Day: I'll list five ways I can use time to be more
healthy---in body, mind and
spirit. Which of these five things can I do today?***********************************************************Each Day a New Beginning

All of us have unique talents and gifts. No obstacle, be it physical,
mental or emotional, has the power to destroy our innate creative
energies. --Liane Cordes
Believing this fully is difficult at times; for some of us, most of the
time. But it is true. What each of us can contribute to the world is
unlike every other contribution. Each talent is slightly different from
every other talent. And they are all needed. We are all needed.
Creativity--any kind--writing, photography, cooking, child care,
weaving, managing, woodworking--nourishes the self that feels isolated
and worthless. And as the self is nourished, it grows; it recovers.
Recovery means changing our lifestyle. It means reaching out to others
and being there for one another. It means rejoining the human race by
giving of ourselves. Our talents are the gifts the human race awaits,
needs, in fact. Do we know our talents?
I will search out my secret dreams today. In them lie my talents. I
will develop them. Help awaits me.

The other day an approach was made to the vice president of a large
industrial concern. He remarked: “I’m glad you fellows got over your
drinking. But the policy of this company is not to interfere with the
habits of our employees. If a man drinks so much that his job suffers,
we fire him. I don’t see how you can be of any help to us for, as you
see, we don’t have any alcoholic problem.” This same company spends
millions for research every year. Their cost of production is figured
to a fine decimal point. They have recreational facilities. There is
company insurance. There is a real interest, both humanitarian and
business, in the well-being of employees. But alcoholism—well, they
just don’t believe they have it.

FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE -
Young when she
joined, this A.A. believes her serious drinking was the result of even
deeper defects. She here tells how she was free.

I've had many spiritual experiences since I've been in the program,
many that I didn't recognize right away, for I'm slow to learn and they
take many guises. But one was so outstanding that I like to pass
it on whenever I can in the hope that it will help someone else as it
has me. As I said earlier, self-pity and resentment were my
constant companions, and my inventory began to look like a
thirty-three-year diary, for I seemed to have a resentment against
everybody I had ever known. All but one "responded to the
treatment" suggested in the steps immediately, but this one posed a
problem.

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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions

Step Two -
"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us
to sanity."

The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with
a dilemma, sometimes a serious one. How often have we heard them cry
out, "Look what you people have done to us! You have convinced us that
we are alcoholics and that our lives are unmanageable. Having reduced
us to a state of absolute helplessness, you now declare that none but a
Higher Power can remove our obsession. Some of us won't believe in God,
others can't, and still others
who do believe that God exists have no faith whatever He will perform
this miracle. Yes, you've got us over the barrel, all right--but where
do we go from here?"

"Make sure the thing you're living for is worth dying for."
--Charles Mayes

"I have a special purpose!"
--Steve Martin

"When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it."
--Anonymous

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have
the life that is waiting for us.
--Joseph Campbell

Injure others, injure yourself.
--Chinese Proverb

"I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I
can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do."
--Helen Keller

"I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep
down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline... I
firmly
believe that any man's finest hour - this greatest fulfillment to all he
holds dear – is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a
good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious."
--Vince Lombardi

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Father Leo's Daily Meditation

LIFE

"To be free is to have achieved
your life."
--Tennessee Williams

Yesterday's tapes: I need a drink. I can't exist without a fix. How will
I get through the morning without taking something? Do people see
me shake? Are people watching me? Where can I get money? The
prison of addiction!

Today I am free because I took courage and asked for help. Today I
am free because I still ask for help. Today I have learned to say "no"
to the first drink and life is more comfortable and less painful.

Freedom is a precious spiritual gift that I work for on a daily basis.
God is involved - but so am I. The freedom from alcoholism is only
guaranteed by the creative choices I make and in the choice is the
freedom.

God, my memory is the key to today's freedom; may I continue to
remember.

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"Bless
the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy
name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits, who
forgives all your inquiry, who heals all your diseases."
Psalm 103:1-3

"I will praise You, O LORD, among the peoples, And I will sing praises
to You among the nations."
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Daily Inspiration
To be successful in the projects you undertake today,
you must believe in yourself and your abilities even if you are walking
on new ground. Lord, guide me in my endeavors and open my mind to new
solutions if things aren't going as I have planned.

The smallest kindness is worth more than the greatest intention. Lord,
help me not to overlook the opportunities that I have to enrich the
lives of others or think I am too busy to reach out with a word or even
a smile.

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NA Just For Today

Maintaining Our Faith

"If we maintain our spiritual
condition daily, we find it easier to deal with the pain and confusion."Basic Text, p. 92

When we first began searching for a
Power greater than ourselves, many of us got stuck in old beliefs or
ideas. These ranged from the fear of a punishing or vengeful God to no
belief at all. Some of us felt we had done such terrible things that a
loving Power would never have anything to do with us. Others were
convinced that the "bad" things that happened to us would not have
occurred if a loving Power had actually existed. It took time, effort,
open-mindedness, and faith to acquire a working belief in a loving
Higher Power that would guide us through life's challenges.

Even after we come to believe in a
Power greater than ourselves, our old ideas can come back to haunt us.
Major setbacks in our lives and the insecurity such events can trigger
may give rise to the return of our old, inadequate ideas about God.
When this happens, we need to assure ourselves that our Higher Power
has not abandoned us but is waiting to help us make it through the hard
times in our recovery. No matter how painful our loss may be, we will
survive our setback and continue to grow if we maintain the faith our
program has given us.

Just for today: I have worked hard to
build my faith in a loving, caring Higher Power that will guide me
through life's challenges. Today, I will trust that Power.
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You are reading from the book Today's Gift.Fear not that life shall come to an
end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. --J. H.
NewmanOur fears lock us up if we let them.
They can prevent us from tasting adventure, from experiencing new
wonders. We are often terrified of unknowns and fret about what might
happen if we try something new. We worry if new people will like us--if
we'll fit in.It is natural to be cautious about the
unknown, and anything new is just that. But we can keep our caution
from becoming fear by taking action, with the faith that we never
encounter anything we can't handle in some way.Unknowns are merely joys we haven't
met. We hold the keys to our own cages and can free ourselves when we
use our courage and inner strength to overcome our fears.What new joy can I discover beneath my
fear today?

You are reading from the book
Touchstones.The turning point in the process of
growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that
survives all hurt. --Max LernerWhen we consider all of the troubles
and crises in our lives and all of the scrapes we've gotten into, we
might feel overwhelmed. With what we have gone through, it seems
miraculous for many of us to be here today. When we stop feeling sorry
for ourselves and when we stop complaining about the unfairness of it
all, we may get a new insight: "I have survived!"We see the strength and persistence,
which brought us through the toughest times we have known. Even when
some of us did not know it, we were being carried along by our Higher
Power. We can draw strength from that knowledge. We can remind
ourselves today that, knowing what we have lived through with the help
of our Higher Power, we can deal with anything to come.I am grateful to my Higher Power for
help in surviving the hard times in life.

You are reading from the book Each Day
a New Beginning.All of us have unique talents and
gifts. No obstacle, be it physical, mental or emotional, has the power
to destroy our innate creative energies. --Liane CordesBelieving this fully is difficult at
times; for some of us, most of the time. But it is true. What each of
us can contribute to the world is unlike every other contribution. Each
talent is slightly different from every other talent. And they are all
needed. We are all needed.Creativity--any kind--writing,
photography, cooking, child care, weaving, managing,
woodworking--nourishes the self that feels isolated and worthless. And
as the self is nourished, it grows; it recovers.Recovery means changing our lifestyle.
It means reaching out to others and being there for one another. It
means rejoining the human race by giving of ourselves. Our talents are
the gifts the human race awaits, needs, in fact. Do we know our talents?I will search out my secret dreams
today. In them lie my talents. I will develop them. Help awaits me.

You are reading from the book The
Language of Letting Go.Letting Go of TimingWhen the time is right, child. When
the time is right. How often have we heard those words - from a friend,
a sponsor, our Higher Power?We want things so badly - that job,
that check, a relationship, a possession. We want our life to change.So we wait, sometimes patiently,
sometimes anxiously, wondering all the while: When will the future
bring me what I long for? Will I be happy then?We try to predict, circling dates on
the calendar, asking questions. We forget that we don't hold the
answers. The answers come from God. If we listen closely, we'll hear
them. When the time is right, child. When the time is right.Be happy now.Today, I will relax. I am being
prepared. I can let go of timing. I can stop manipulating outcomes.
Good things will happen when the time is right, and they will happen
naturally.

Today I will be aware not to judge
myself when I feel less than perfect. I am beginning to love myself
just as I am and that feels so nice. --Ruth Fishel

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Journey To The Heart

Learn the Power of Respect

I watched as my journey unfolded this
spring. Each place I visited gave me a lesson. People would show up at
the right time and place with exactly the words I needed to hear.
Sometimes the lesson would be announced loudly, clearly. Sometimes an
awareness would surface softly when I least expected it, when I was
beginning to wonder if any lesson or purpose was there at all.
Everything I saw and experienced ultimately reinforced my trust in God,
the universe, and the power of my heart to lead me on. After all, I had
taken this trip on just a moment’s notice with no itinerary, and a
magical adventure had unfolded. By the time the journey ended and I
pulled into the driveway at home, I had learned more than just to trust
the process, I had learned to respect it.

Do more than trust the process, the
journey you’re on. Become so awestruck by it that you respect it,too.
Respect your feelings and the timely manner in which they surface,
heal, and lead you into new discoveries. Respect your experiences, the
places you’ve been, the scenarios you’ve been through. Respect the way
you’ve gained gold and jewels, the treasures of the soul, from each one.

Respect the darker moments, the more
difficult times when you’re uncertain and don’t know what to do next.
Respect the timing as your life and journey unfolds. Don’t murmur about
why such and such has to be the way it is. Don’t limit how your growth
can happen.

Learn to respect the path of others.
Learn to respect your own.

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More Language Of Letting Go

Your attitude is contagious

“I like skydiving with Todd,” Pat
said. “He’s got such a good attitude. When you’re in the air with him,
no matter what happens, you just get the feeling that everything’s
okay.”

Being relaxed is contagious. Just as
someone who’s miserable, frightened, and negative can affect the people
around him or her, being relaxed, clear, and humbly confident can
affect the people we touch,too. Have you ever known anyone like that–
someone with a sense of humor, someone who’s surrendered, full of joy,
and at peace with himself or herself? This is someone who not only
knows things are going to be okay– that person knows things are okay
now.

Today, if you are going to spread
anything, let it be joy and goodwill.

God, help me lighten up. Make my joy
contagious.

Activity: Today, watch yourself as you
go through your day. If you were a neutral observer of yourself, how
would you describe yourself? What words would you use? Which words
would you like to use to describe yourself? Watch your interactions
with other people– people you know and strangers, such as clerks in
stores and banks. Don’t judge yourself, just observe. Awareness is the
key. Become aware of who you are, how you respond to other people, and
how they react to you. Decide what attitude you’d like to share with
the people in your world.

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In God’s Care

The bird of paradise alights only
upon the hand that does not grasp. ~~John Berry

In time we’ve come to understand that
we are only responsible for ourselves. Many of us have had to
rediscover this many times. How often we’ve fooled ourselves into
thinking that we know what’s best for others, better even than they
know for themselves. Perhaps the most meaningful lesson any of us has
learned is that every person’s perspective has value and validity for
that person. When we withdrow our opinions as to who people should be,
we loosen our grasp and give ourselves the opportunity to know people
for who they are. We are then free to truly know ourselves and share
what we learn with others.

Holding tightly to the past – the
known – can shut us off from God’s invitations to grow. Our openness to
the unfamiliar, whether ideas or people or new opportunities, will
enrich us imeasurably.

I will loosen my grip today and enjoy
people for who they are. I will regard all that is new and unfamiliar
as God’s invitations to grow.

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Providing SupportFathers by Madisyn Taylor

In a time when the sacred feminine is
being honored strongly, let's not forget fathers.

The idea of fatherhood is both
personal and universal. We all have ideal concepts surrounding
fatherhood, and we also have our real fathers—fathers who were there or
not there for us, fathers who provided financial support for our
families or failed to do so, fathers who loved or neglected us, fathers
who were our role models or gave us someone to rebel against. Our
father may have been there for us sometimes and not there for us at
other times. The process of reconciling the ideal father that resides
in our minds with the father that we actually have is a fertile one
that can teach us a great deal about ourselves.

Our relationship with our father will
often affect our relationships with the other men who will come into
our lives. You may have learned to behave and think in certain ways
because those were the ways that your father acted and thought. Certain
talents that you possess may have been passed down to you by your
father. There also may be personal issues that you inherited by virtue
of who your father is. Understanding how your relationship with your
father has influenced you can help you better understand yourself and
the life that you have created.

In a time when mothers, the sacred
feminine, and female energy are being honored, it is important not to
forget the importance of fathers. Father energy and mother energy are
the two complementary energies necessary to bring a healthy human being
to fruition in the world. Many of the ideas surrounding fathers are
changing in the wake of more modern parenting styles and the more
egalitarian roles that are evolving between the sexes. More men are
embodying the mother energy these days, and a woman can provide father
energy for her children. Either way, we can all benefit from thinking
about our fathers and how they have influenced who we’ve become and the
ways that we walk through this world. Let us remember to honor our
fathers. Published with permission from Daily OM

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A Day At A Time

Refection For The Day

Somewhere along the lines as we become
more involved in The Program, we reach a sharp awareness of the
growth-value of honesty and condor. When this happens, on of the first
things we’re able to admit is that our past behavior has been far from
sane or even reasonable. As soon as we can make this admission —
without shame or embarrassment — we find still another dimension of
freedom. In my gradual recovery, am I expectant that life will become
richer and even more serene?

Today I Pray

May I know, even as I take that mighty
First Step, which may be the first really honest move I have made in a
long time, that honesty takes practice. My old, deluded, head-tripping
self is as different from the honest self that I must become as night
is from day. May I realize that it will take more than just one gray
dawn to change me.

Today I Will Remember

Honesty takes practice.

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One More Day

Do not sit long with a sad friend,
When you go to a garden, do you look at the flowers? Spend more time
with roses and jasmines. – Jelahuddin Rumi

Sometimes we slip over the boundary
line of a close friendship. Up to that point, it may have been a real
union, a true meeting of the minds. But then we might not only share
our thoughts and our problems, but that on each other’s problems as if
they were our own. We may become obsessed with finding answers for our
friends.

Just as we don’t focus on the weeds in
our garden, we can’t see only the negative aspects of our friends’
lives. We can be supportive, but we serve our friends and ourselves
best when we let them confront their own problems.

I will remember that friends can
comfort each other, but cannot carry the other’s burdens.
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One Day At A Time

PEACE"If you do not find peace in yourself,you will never find it anywhere else."Paula A. Bendry

No outside reality can bring me peace.
In the past, I tried to find it in many things, including
relationships, ownership, and my vocation. But none of these externals
brought me real peace. I had the opportunity of having all of them
stripped away by a crisis in my life. I had surgery and got an
infection that required a long period of recovery and resulted in
disability. Many of my relationships ended, my income was reduced
drastically, my capacity for ownership was decreased greatly, and I
could no longer work. Although it was a painful lesson, it has been
good for my spiritual condition.

I have been forced to look inside
myself and realize that true peace and joy are found within. It is not
about externals. Once I realized that, I found a relationship with my
Higher Power that was deeper and more intimate than before, and the
peace in my life settled inside of me in even greater measure.

One day at a time...I will look inwardly for the peace
that I long for.~ Carolyn H.
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AA 'Big Book' - Quote

We do not like to pronounce any
individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step
over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to
drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long
for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it. It may be
worth a bad case of jitters if you get a full knowledge of your
condition. - Pgs. 31-32 - More About Alcoholism

Hour To Hour - Book - Quote

We've heard people say, 'Be humble and
you will not stumble.' There's more truth in this then its simplicity
implies.

May the God of my understanding enable
me to be humble without being humiliated.

Ego Death

When I begin to experience real love,
I go through an ego death. On my road to spiritual freedom, which is
nothing more than learning to love, I go through what has long been
called a dark night of the soul. This is a death of the ego, not in the
Freudian sense, but in the way ego is defined in Eastern philosophy. I
have a small 'I' and a large 'I.'Part of my path toward expansion into
my larger external self, which is of God and Love, is a death of my
smaller self, which sees the world as here only to feed my needs.
Really it is through the recognition of giving and receiving and of
loving that we become full.I allow and understand my ego death.

- Tian Dayton PhD

Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote

This too shall pass. Sometimes it
passes like a gentle breeze and sometimes it passes kinda like a kidney
stone. Whichever, we can promise that whatever vexes you now, shall
pass.

I give time, time because I know that
when God made time, He/She made plenty of it.

"Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book" - Book

If resentment is not relinquished
entirely, it is not relinquished at all.

Time for Joy - Book - Quote

I am open to experience my connection
to God and all the people i meet on my path today. There is new joy
each time I realize our sameness rather than our separateness.

Stay HereIf you want to Get Ahead with any
degree of peace, you must first learn to Stay Here.It takes guts to Stay Here; it takes
self-discipline and resolution.Anyone with a one-track mind can Get
Ahead. . .But to Stay Here, you must know where
you are before you can know where you are going.You must seek before you can find, and
you must ask before you really learn to seek.It takes humility to ask, patience to
wait for the answer, and faith that the answer will come.- Came To Believe . . ., p. 114

Thought to Ponder . . .When in doubt, be silent. Grow where
you are planted.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .S I T = Stay In Today.

~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~

Traditions"The Twelve Traditions point straightat many of our individual defects.By implication they ask each of us to
lay asidepride and resentments.They ask for personal as well as group
sacrifice.They ask us never to use the AA namein any quest for personal power or
distinction or money.The Traditions guarantee the equalityof all members and the independence of
all groups.They show how we may best relate
ourselves to each otherand to the world outside."Bill W.,1967AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous Comes
of Age, p. 96

Thought to Consider . . .If you have the courage to begin,you have the courage to succeed.

Core>From "The Three Legacies of
Alcoholics Anonymous":"On many a day I felt like throwing
the book out the window. "I was in this anything-but-spiritual mood on
the night when the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics
Anonymous were written. I was sore and tired clear through. I lay in
bed at 182 Clinton Street with pencil in hand and with a
tablet of scratch paper on my knee. I could not get my mind on the job,
much less put my heart in it. But here was one
of those things that had to be done. Slowly my mind came into some kind
of focus."Since Ebby's visit to me in the fall
of 1934 we had gradually evolved what we called 'the word-of-mouth
program.' Most of the basic ideas had come from the
Oxford Groups, William James, and Dr. Silkworth."2001 AAWS, Inc.; Alcoholics Anonymous
Comes of Age, pg. 160

*~*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*~*

"I'm working diligently to improve my
character. I work daily on trying to reign in my impetuous temper, my
obsession with reaction rather than reflection, and that silly ego that
keeps rearing its ugly head."I'm grateful for AA's reference to
progress rather than perfection. Despite my shortcomings, with the help
of the AA program and my brothers in AA, improvements will continue to
be made"April 2011"Mistakes Have Been Made,"AA Grapevine

~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve
Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~*

"'My old manner of life was by no
means a bad one, but I would notexchange its best moments for the
worst I have now. I would not goback to it even if I could.'"~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition,
More About Alcoholism, pg. 43~

"...I humbly offered myself to God, as
I then I understood Him, to dowith me as He would. I placed myself
unreservedly under His care anddirection. I admitted for the first
time that of myself I wasnothing; that without Him I was lost.
I ruthlessly faced my sins andbecame willing to have my new-found
Friend take them away, root and branch."~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition,
Bill's Story, pg. 13~

Misc. AA Literature - Quote

We now see that in twelfth-stepping
the immediate results are not so important. Some people start out
working with others and have immediate success. They are likely to get
cocky. Those of us who are not so successful at first get depressed.As a matter of fact, the successful
worker differs from the unsuccessful only in being lucky about his
prospects. He simply hits newcomers who are ready and able to stop at
once. Given the same prospects, the seemingly unsuccessful person would
have produced almost the same results. You have to work on a lot of
newcomers before the law of averages commences to assert itself.All true communication must be founded
on mutual need. We saw that each sponsor would have to admit humbly his
own needs as clearly as those of his prospect.

Prayer For The Day: Dear heavenly Father, I do thank you for
Your goodness to me. Lord, help me to guard my mouth so that those
things that are edifying and good will come out and not those things
that contribute to a negative lifestyle. May I bless others with my
tongue and never be guilty of cursing anyone. Let my words be gracious
and may they bring healing to others. Let my words be kind and gentle
and loving. May I reflect Your goodness in all that I do. Forgive me
when I say the wrong things. Let me speak and pray the Word of God over
my life and others. Give us all grace to say things that bring life
into this world. I ask this in Jesus' Holy name. Amen.

Ask
and you shall receive,Seek and ye shall find,Knock and it shall be opened unto you.Matthew 7:7

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